Soft Cell

30/03/2019, [Marc Almond] Paris - Le Trianon

Source : Audience

CD 1:
1. (intro)
2. I Have Lived [Charles Aznavour]
3. Mother Fist
4. Melancholy Rose
5. How Can I Be Sure (false start)
6. How Can I Be Sure [The Rascals]
7. Not For Me [Bobby Darin]
8. I'm Lost Without You [Billy Fury]
9. Scar
10. Stories Of Johnny
11. What Makes A Man [Charles Aznavour]
12. Big Louise [Scott Walker]
CD 2:
1. Land Of Love
2. Caroline Says [Lou Reed]
3. Those Were The Days [Mary Hopkin]
4. A Lover Spurned
5. Tenderness Is A Weakness
6. Tears Run Rings
7. Torch [Soft Cell]
8. A Kind Of Love
9. The Days Of Pearly Spencer [David McWilliams]
10. Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart [Gene Pitney]
11. Jacky [Jacques Brel / Scott Walker]
12. Bedsitter [Soft Cell]
13. Tainted Love / Where Did Our Love Go [Gloria Jones / The Supremes / Soft Cell]
14. Say Hello, Wave Goodbye [Soft Cell]
15. (final applauses)

Notes

Lineage:
Tape 1:
Audience (stalls, first third)->2xDPA 4061->CA Ugly-2 Preamp->Line In->
Roland R05->WAV 96000Hz 24bits

Tape 2:
Audience (stalls, second third)->Church Audio CA-14 directional mics->CA 9200 Preamp->Line In->
Sony PCM-M10->WAV 96000Hz 24bits

Mastering:
Tape 1:
+ Sony SpectraLayers Pro 3.0: manual removal of some crowd noises
+ Adobe Audition CC 2017
* Volume right: +1dB
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 160Hz = -35.3 dB (3.5:1)
160Hz - 813Hz = -30.5 dB (2.3:1)
813Hz - 3000Hz = -37 dB (2:1)
3000Hz + = -42 dB (2:1)
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 127Hz = -38 dB (2.9:1) gain: -0.2 dB
127Hz - 900Hz = -31.5 dB (2:1) gain: -0.2 dB
900Hz - 6000Hz = -47 dB (1.2:1)
6000Hz + = -42 dB (1.2:1) gain: -0.1 dB
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 70Hz = -44 dB (1.4:1)
70Hz - 240Hz = -44 dB (1.3:1) gain: -0.1 dB
240Hz - 825Hz = -39 dB (1.2:1) gain: +0.2 dB
825Hz + = -40 dB (1.3:1) gain: -0.1 dB
* Mastering:
Reverb: 16%
Exciter: retro 11%
Widner: 0%
Loudness: 11%
Output gain: 0 dB

Peaking Enable: 1200Hz +1.4 dB Q0.4

* Limiter: boost: +6.5 dB ; max -0.1 dB

Tape 2:
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 160Hz = -31 dB (2:1)
160Hz - 650Hz = -28 dB (2:1)
650Hz - 3000Hz = -30 dB (2:1)
3000Hz + = -35 dB (2:1)
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 225Hz = -30 dB (2.7:1)
225Hz - 1200Hz = -35 dB (2.5:1)
1200Hz - 5500Hz = -32 dB (1.5:1)
5500Hz + = -36 dB (1.5:1)
* Mastering:
Reverb: 10%
Exciter: retro 7%
Widner: 0%
Loudness: 7%
Output gain: 0 dB

Peaking Enable: 1300Hz +1 dB Q0.6
High shelf: 9200Hz -0.5 dB Q6
* Volume: -2 dB
* Speed correction: set sampling rate to 95998 and resample to 96000


+ Then, mixing tape 1 + tape 2.
* Bands Compressor:
0Hz - 140Hz = -32.5 dB (1.6:1)
140Hz - 700Hz = -24 dB (1.5:1)
700Hz - 3000Hz = -26 dB (1.3:1)
3000Hz + = -30 dB (1.6:1)
* Dynamic Compressor:
0 dB => -12 dB
-12 dB => -15 dB
-18 dB => -18 dB
* Mastering:
Reverb: 4%
Exciter: retro 2%
Widner: 0%
Loudness: 2%
Output gain: 0 dB

Peaking Enable: 1234Hz +1.4 dB Q0.4

* Limiter: boost: +12 dB ; max -0.1 dB
* Conversion to WAV 44100Hz 16bits

->split to CD WAV